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▪ I. psalmody, n.|ˈsɑːmədɪ, ˈsælmədɪ|
Also 5 salmody, (6 salmede).
[ad. late L. psalmōdia (4th c. in Jerome), a. Gr. ψαλµῳδία singing to the harp, f. ψαλµῳδός psalmist, f. ψαλµός psalm + ᾠδή song; in Chr. Gr., psalm-singing, composing of psalms.]
1. The action, practice, or art of singing psalms (or sacred vocal music in general, including hymns and anthems), esp. in public worship.
Now almost exclusively used of the art or practice.
a1340Hampole Psalter v. 1 Lord persayue my wordis þt is þe psalmodye of my mouth. c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 4051 All þe matyns tyme he stode, And psalmody sange and sayde. 1483Cath. Angl. 317/1 A Salmody, psalmodia. 1513Bradshaw St. Werburge i. 2272 In prayer and psalmody for his helthe and solace. 1685Baxter Paraphr. N.T. 1 Cor. xiv. 26 Let all your Gifts, whether of Psalmody, or Doctrine, or Languages, or Revelation, or Interpretation, be used to Edification. a1711Ken Sion Poet. Wks. 1721 IV. 363 When God the grace of Psalmody infus'd. 1841D'Israeli Amen. Lit. (1867) 327 The passion for psalmody itself is a portion of the history of the Reformation.
attrib.1868Stevenson Let. July in Scribner's Mag. (1899) XXV. 31/1 As we went home we heard singing... It was a psalmody class.
b. The arrangement of psalms for singing; hence, psalms and hymns so arranged, collectively.
1554–5Rec. St. Mary at Hill 399 Paid for a boke of salmede, ij s. 1718Watts (title) A Short Essay toward the Improvement of Psalmody. Ibid. Wks. 1813 IX. 7 We are to suit part of our psalmody to the gospel-state, as well as borrow part from the Old Testament. 1879M. Pattison Milton vii. 89 Milton's paraphrase of the Psalms belongs to history, but to the history of psalmody, not that of poetry.
†2. The Book of Psalms. Obs. rare—1.
1471Ripley Comp. Alch. iii. iii. in Ashm. Theatr. Chem. Brit. (1652) 139 Thus spoken by the Prophet yn the Psalmody.
†3. The place where psalms are sung; the choir of a church. Obs. rare—1.
1674Playford Skill Mus. Pref. A vij, It is reported, that he went often into the Psalmody and sung himself.
▪ II. ˈpsalmody, v. rare.
[In 15th c., ad. F. psalmodier (12th c. in Littré); in mod. use f. prec. n.]
a. intr. = psalmodize.
b. trans. To celebrate as in psalmody; to ‘hymn’. Hence ˈpsalmodying vbl. n.
c1450Cov. Myst. xli. (Shaks. Soc.) 388 Of qwyche hefne and erthe eche tyme pshalmodyeth. 1491Caxton Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) 260 They herde the sayd Joseph and his bretheren whiche songen and psalmodyed. 1837Carlyle Misc. Ess. (1857) IV. 119 The French Revolution..is an event..still to be celebrated and psalmodied. 1850― Latter-d. Pamph. i. 10 My dear household, cease singing and psalmodying; lay aside your fiddles, take out your work-implements, if you have any. |